Hi Ok so I'll start at the top
So set up so far.
120Gal (24x24x48)- planted tank.
Lighting I have 2 Build My LED 6500K 4' lights and a soluna comtroler, (8 hours of light, 1.5 hour ram up in the morning 5 hours at 60% then 1.5 hours of ramp down)
Filter I have a FX6
intank 500W heater in home made inclosure run inline
pressurized co2 system with home made reactor ruining 3bps droped to 1bps drop check never been fully green.
sytem goes tank-fx6-heater-co2 reactor-tank
substrate is 100 lb of 50/50 mix of fluorite dark and black
November 2015
filled and planted the tank
I have some ram snails that came with the plants there doing well. using co2 supplement from Seachem
Started to cycle
December 2015
Did a fishless cycle and adding ammonia to feed the cycle. tested and it could take 4ppm ammonia to 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate in about a hour in mid Decmeber.
Jan 2016
set up and dialed in co2 system came out to 3bps to just start turning the drop checker green pants started pearling full light.
Did back to back 75% water changes to get rid of any thing left in the water from the cycle, next day added first batch of fish
15 glowlight danios
and 4 green laser Cory Cats
few moving losses 4 glow lights not a big deal all healthy LFS replace the 4 and they all took the move fine water stayed good no problems
Feb
added next batch
15 glowlight danios
and 4 green laser Cory Cats (note I rearly saw all the Cory Cats at the same time no clue if the original 4 were all still there but at least 3 were)
Move when good no losses for a few weeks
then at the start of march my Cory Cats started dying. slowly one ever few days. Called up my friend that helped me set it up and we could not figure it out talked to the LFS they said they were having problems with them dying as well and they thought it was the stock.
I keep and eye on the water every water change.
at this point I also tuned down my co2 from 3bps to 1 due to the fact the solenoid valve is leaking when off it get 1b ever 4-5 sec when off and 1bps when it's on.
the fish all seamed healthy and there colors were nice and bright I had a bit of hair alga now that the co2 was down that I pull every water change.
April
still have ~30 glow lights all nice and bright
added 15 Harlequin rasboras.
and change my feeding to to frozen brine shrimp once a week before water changes and there normal Omega flakes the rest of the time.
first 2 week no problems colors started to relay pop on the rasboas. there was a little chasing back and for between the danios and rasboa but just sprints half way across the tank. but mostly they actual schooled together except after the light was off then the glowlights go hide in the stem plants and the harlequins school together in the open water.
then I noticed the harlequins were diminishing in number I did fine a few bodies but not as many as I have lost. then the glow lights have started doing the same since mid April to now I've gone from 30 glow lights and 15 rasboras to 1 rasboras and ~10-15 glowlights. and we can't figure out why.
water is still 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate ph is 7.4-7.6 some were and the water temp is 25C (77F)
I do 30% water change every week. 40 gal
dechlorinator is added to the tank before the new water
using Seachem
Prime dose for 50 gal each water change I know I'm over by 10 but.
Flourish
Flourish iron
and Stability dose for the hole tank 120gal
at every water change
fertilizers are under dosed for a 100gal 2 caps of each after each water change
Help!
So set up so far.
120Gal (24x24x48)- planted tank.
Lighting I have 2 Build My LED 6500K 4' lights and a soluna comtroler, (8 hours of light, 1.5 hour ram up in the morning 5 hours at 60% then 1.5 hours of ramp down)
Filter I have a FX6
intank 500W heater in home made inclosure run inline
pressurized co2 system with home made reactor ruining 3bps droped to 1bps drop check never been fully green.
sytem goes tank-fx6-heater-co2 reactor-tank
substrate is 100 lb of 50/50 mix of fluorite dark and black
November 2015
filled and planted the tank
I have some ram snails that came with the plants there doing well. using co2 supplement from Seachem
Started to cycle
December 2015
Did a fishless cycle and adding ammonia to feed the cycle. tested and it could take 4ppm ammonia to 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate in about a hour in mid Decmeber.
Jan 2016
set up and dialed in co2 system came out to 3bps to just start turning the drop checker green pants started pearling full light.
Did back to back 75% water changes to get rid of any thing left in the water from the cycle, next day added first batch of fish
15 glowlight danios
and 4 green laser Cory Cats
few moving losses 4 glow lights not a big deal all healthy LFS replace the 4 and they all took the move fine water stayed good no problems
Feb
added next batch
15 glowlight danios
and 4 green laser Cory Cats (note I rearly saw all the Cory Cats at the same time no clue if the original 4 were all still there but at least 3 were)
Move when good no losses for a few weeks
then at the start of march my Cory Cats started dying. slowly one ever few days. Called up my friend that helped me set it up and we could not figure it out talked to the LFS they said they were having problems with them dying as well and they thought it was the stock.
I keep and eye on the water every water change.
at this point I also tuned down my co2 from 3bps to 1 due to the fact the solenoid valve is leaking when off it get 1b ever 4-5 sec when off and 1bps when it's on.
the fish all seamed healthy and there colors were nice and bright I had a bit of hair alga now that the co2 was down that I pull every water change.
April
still have ~30 glow lights all nice and bright
added 15 Harlequin rasboras.
and change my feeding to to frozen brine shrimp once a week before water changes and there normal Omega flakes the rest of the time.
first 2 week no problems colors started to relay pop on the rasboas. there was a little chasing back and for between the danios and rasboa but just sprints half way across the tank. but mostly they actual schooled together except after the light was off then the glowlights go hide in the stem plants and the harlequins school together in the open water.
then I noticed the harlequins were diminishing in number I did fine a few bodies but not as many as I have lost. then the glow lights have started doing the same since mid April to now I've gone from 30 glow lights and 15 rasboras to 1 rasboras and ~10-15 glowlights. and we can't figure out why.
water is still 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate ph is 7.4-7.6 some were and the water temp is 25C (77F)
I do 30% water change every week. 40 gal
dechlorinator is added to the tank before the new water
using Seachem
Prime dose for 50 gal each water change I know I'm over by 10 but.
Flourish
Flourish iron
and Stability dose for the hole tank 120gal
at every water change
fertilizers are under dosed for a 100gal 2 caps of each after each water change
Help!